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News: NATO giving rebels intelligence in Gaddafi hunt: UK's Fox Military convoy blast in southeast Turkey, some wounded: report Apple fans pay tribute to "industry icon" Jobs China media dismiss Pentagon "cock-and-bull" report Price on Gaddafi's head as rebels plan for future Syrian forces raid tribal east for 2nd day Salvadoran court blocks arrests for priest murders Unified Syrian opposition council hit by delay Afghan leader meets would-be child suicide bombers Rebels hunt Gaddafi relatives, loyalist in Tripoli Gaddafi's cousin tells rebels to avoid bloodshed Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, Cook becomes CEO Instant view: Apple CEO Jobs resigns, Cook to take over Israeli air strikes kill Gaza militants UAE said to trim planned US missile-defense purchase Witness: Trapped in Tripoli hotel, journalists were the enemy Price on Gaddafi's head as fighting goes on $5 billion urgently needed: Libyan rebel envoy Strong 7.0-magnitude quake shakes Peruvian Amazon Gaddafi's cousin tells rebels to avoid bloodshed Four Italian journalists kidnapped in Libya Nuclear experts warn of Libya "dirty bomb" material U.S. asks U.N. to unfreeze $1.5 billion Libyan assets Timeline: Uprising against Libya's Muammar Gaddafi Libyan foreign minister says it's over for Gaddafi South Sudan says Khartoum-backed raiders kill 15 Irene could be "big threat" to Northeast Hurricane Irene hitting southeastern Bahamas: NHC Foreign journalists leave Tripoli hotel Muted response to prospect of Strauss-Kahn return Trinidad reports mass arrests in crackdown on crime Factbox: East Coast energy facilities prepare for Irene Rebels share firepower as snipers menace Tripoli North Korea set to consider nuclear moratorium: Kremlin Burkina Faso offers Gaddafi exile Analysis: Qatar hopes for returns after backing Libyan winners EU embargo on Syrian oil likely next week: diplomats Analysis: West looks to avoid Iraq errors in post-Gaddafi Libya Bounty placed on Gaddafi's head, rebel council says After the euphoria, battle for Tripoli rages on NATO giving rebels intelligence in Gaddafi hunt: UK's Fox Wed,24 Aug 2011 11:51 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The NATO military alliance is giving intelligence and reconnaissance assistance to Libyan rebels hunting Muammar Gaddafi and his sons, British defense minister Liam Fox said on Thursday. Full Story Top Military convoy blast in southeast Turkey, some wounded: report Wed,24 Aug 2011 11:01 PM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Suspected Kurdish guerrillas detonated explosives next to a convoy carrying troops in the province of Hakkari in southeast Turkey on Thursday, wounding several people, broadcaster CNN Turk said. Full Story Top Apple fans pay tribute to "industry icon" Jobs Wed,24 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO/SINGAPORE (Reuters)- From San Francisco to Shanghai to Sydney, fans of Apple Inc paid extraordinary tribute to Steve Jobs after he resigned as CEO, calling him an icon for the entire technology industry, not just the company he co-founded. Full Story Top China media dismiss Pentagon "cock-and-bull" report Wed,24 Aug 2011 10:41 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state news agency on Thursday condemned a Pentagon report on China's growing military might, calling its account of Beijing's weapons modernization drive an alarmist "cock-and-bull story." Full Story Top Price on Gaddafi's head as rebels plan for future Wed,24 Aug 2011 10:33 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's new masters meet their Western backers in Turkey on Thursday to secure funds and make plans for a future without Muammar Gaddafi after they announced a million dollar bounty for his capture. Full Story Top Syrian forces raid tribal east for 2nd day Wed,24 Aug 2011 09:24 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces raided an eastern tribal region for a second day on Thursday, activists said, extending a crackdown on pro-democracy protests that could lead to European Union sanctions on the oil sector as early as next week. Full Story Top Salvadoran court blocks arrests for priest murders Wed,24 Aug 2011 07:04 PM PDT Reuters - SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will not order the arrest or extradition of a group of former soldiers accused of killing six Jesuit priests, one of the most notorious atrocities of the Central American nation's 12-year civil war. Full Story Top Unified Syrian opposition council hit by delay Wed,24 Aug 2011 06:04 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition figures who met in Istanbul to form a broad-based council to represent the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that they needed more time to consult with activists inside Syria on its composition. Full Story Top Afghan leader meets would-be child suicide bombers Wed,24 Aug 2011 05:43 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday met children who had been rescued by authorities before carrying out suicide bombings they had been groomed to do by the Taliban, the president's office said in a statement. Full Story Top Rebels hunt Gaddafi relatives, loyalist in Tripoli Wed,24 Aug 2011 05:38 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Rebels fought gun battles in Tripoli with loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi Wednesday as they hunted for his relatives and supporters, Reuters witnesses and an Arab television station said. Full Story Top Gaddafi's cousin tells rebels to avoid bloodshed Wed,24 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - A cousin of Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans on Wednesday to heed the rebel leadership's call to unite, respect the law and avoid bloodshed. Full Story Top Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, Cook becomes CEO Wed,24 Aug 2011 04:46 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a stunning move that ended his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage. Full Story Top Instant view: Apple CEO Jobs resigns, Cook to take over Wed,24 Aug 2011 04:42 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steve Jobs resigned as Apple Inc Chief Executive on Wednesday, without specifying a reason. Full Story Top Israeli air strikes kill Gaza militants Wed,24 Aug 2011 04:33 PM PDT Reuters - GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes killed two Gaza militants, one a local commander of the Islamic Jihad group in the Gaza Strip, and wounded four others who fired rockets at Israel, despite a two-day-old truce, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. Full Story Top UAE said to trim planned US missile-defense purchase Wed,24 Aug 2011 04:33 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has trimmed what had been billed as a possible $7 billion purchase of an advanced U.S. missile defense system but there are no major obstacles to its completion, Lockheed Martin Corp's lead executive on the deal said Wednesday. Full Story Top Witness: Trapped in Tripoli hotel, journalists were the enemy Wed,24 Aug 2011 04:31 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Most of our weeks in Tripoli's Rixos Hotel as "guests" of Muammar Gaddafi's government were marked by boredom and frustration. Full Story Top Price on Gaddafi's head as fighting goes on Wed,24 Aug 2011 04:22 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi, after he urged his men to fight on in battles across parts of the capital. Full Story Top $5 billion urgently needed: Libyan rebel envoy Wed,24 Aug 2011 04:22 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) will seek to have $5 billion in frozen assets released to jump-start the country's economy and provide vital relief to its citizens, a senior rebel leader said on Wednesday after talks with Arab and Western allies. Full Story Top Strong 7.0-magnitude quake shakes Peruvian Amazon Wed,24 Aug 2011 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - LIMA (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck a remote Amazon region of Peru on Wednesday, shaking buildings far away in the capital and in neighboring Brazil, although no injuries or damage were reported. Full Story Top Gaddafi's cousin tells rebels to avoid bloodshed Wed,24 Aug 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - A cousin of Muammar Gaddafi urged Libyans Wednesday to heed the rebel leadership's call to unite, respect the law and avoid bloodshed. Full Story Top Four Italian journalists kidnapped in Libya Wed,24 Aug 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - ROME, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Four Italian journalists were abducted by gunmen near Zawiyah in western Libya as they traveled toward Tripoli on Wednesday, Italian officials said. Full Story Top Nuclear experts warn of Libya "dirty bomb" material Wed,24 Aug 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - A research center near Tripoli has stocks of nuclear material that could be used to make a "dirty bomb," a former senior U.N. inspector said on Wednesday, warning of possible looting during turmoil in Libya. Full Story Top U.S. asks U.N. to unfreeze $1.5 billion Libyan assets Wed,24 Aug 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday asked the U.N. Security Council to unfreeze $1.5 billion in Libyan assets, a proposal South African has blocked for weeks because it objects to funding the rebel government. Full Story Top Timeline: Uprising against Libya's Muammar Gaddafi Wed,24 Aug 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Here is a timeline on the civil war in Libya since protests against the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi began in February: Full Story Top Libyan foreign minister says it's over for Gaddafi Wed,24 Aug 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's foreign minister was quoted on Wednesday as saying Libya's civil war was virtually over and urged Gaddafi loyalists to stop fighting. Full Story Top South Sudan says Khartoum-backed raiders kill 15 Wed,24 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Reuters - JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan Wednesday accused Khartoum of backing a cross-border attack by insurgents that left over 72 people dead last week, the most violent incident of its kind since the South gained independence in August. Full Story Top Irene could be "big threat" to Northeast Wed,24 Aug 2011 02:40 PM PDT Reuters - NASSAU (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Irene battered the Bahamas on Wednesday on a track to the North Carolina coast that forecasters say could threaten the densely populated U.S. Northeast, including New York, starting on Sunday. Full Story Top Hurricane Irene hitting southeastern Bahamas: NHC Wed,24 Aug 2011 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene, which strengthened to Category 3, was hitting the southeastern Bahamas hard, the National Hurricane Center said in a report on Wednesday. Full Story Top Foreign journalists leave Tripoli hotel Wed,24 Aug 2011 02:25 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - All the foreign journalists who were held in a Tripoli hotel for days by armed Gaddafi loyalists left it unharmed on Wednesday. Full Story Top Muted response to prospect of Strauss-Kahn return Wed,24 Aug 2011 02:05 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Cleared of sex assault charges, Dominique Strauss-Kahn could be back in France within days but may not get a hero's welcome, if sober newspaper editorials and cautious statements by his Socialist allies are anything to go by. Full Story Top Trinidad reports mass arrests in crackdown on crime Wed,24 Aug 2011 01:38 PM PDT Reuters - PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Authorities rounded up nearly 120 people in Trinidad and Tobago after imposing emergency rule on the oil-rich Caribbean nation this week to halt a spike in violent crime. Full Story Top Factbox: East Coast energy facilities prepare for Irene Wed,24 Aug 2011 12:04 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Oil terminals and refineries from the Bahamas to New York were bracing for Hurricane Irene on Wednesday. Full Story Top Rebels share firepower as snipers menace Tripoli Wed,24 Aug 2011 11:53 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A white van pulls up to a rebel checkpoint in Tripoli and a man emerges, handing out sniper rifles and ammunition looted from Muammar Gaddafi's compound across the street. Full Story Top North Korea set to consider nuclear moratorium: Kremlin Wed,24 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - SOSNOVY BOR, Russia (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il promised on Wednesday to consider suspending nuclear arms tests and production if international talks on Pyongyang's atomic program resume, a Kremlin spokeswoman said. Full Story Top Burkina Faso offers Gaddafi exile Wed,24 Aug 2011 10:58 AM PDT Reuters - OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, a former recipient of large amounts of Libyan aid, has offered Muammar Gaddafi exile but has also recognized the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's government. Full Story Top Analysis: Qatar hopes for returns after backing Libyan winners Wed,24 Aug 2011 10:30 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar was one of the first countries to back Libyan rebels seeking to overthrow its one-time friend Muammar Gaddafi and with his 42-year-old rule collapsing, the natural gas exporter hopes to reap the political and economic rewards. Full Story Top EU embargo on Syrian oil likely next week: diplomats Wed,24 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments are likely to impose an embargo on imports of Syrian oil by the end of next week to ratchet up pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, although new sanctions may be less stringent than those imposed by Washington, EU diplomats said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Analysis: West looks to avoid Iraq errors in post-Gaddafi Libya Wed,24 Aug 2011 09:36 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - If there is one pitfall Western officials appear determined to avoid in Libya, it is making the same mistakes that were made in Iraq eight years ago. Full Story Top Bounty placed on Gaddafi's head, rebel council says Wed,24 Aug 2011 09:05 AM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A $1.3 million bounty and an amnesty awaits anyone who hands over Muammar Gaddafi, alive or dead, Libya's rebel council said on Wednesday. Full Story Top After the euphoria, battle for Tripoli rages on Wed,24 Aug 2011 08:43 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - After the euphoria of capturing Muammar Gaddafi's compound, Libyans came round to the realization on Wednesday that the battle for Tripoli had still to be fought to the end. Full Story Top

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